𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚… a nursery […]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚… a nursery for new stars that take millions of years to mature.

The pillars are interstellar dust and gas, and the red areas are burps from baby stars (mapped from long IR). For a sense of scale, it takes light five years to span its width.

It’s the latest from the JWST with the stars removed.